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Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Description:
Park is now (2012) called Glen Haven & Sholom Memorial Park. The Park offers graves, crypts, niches, above and below ground, scattering garden, and private gardens in a grassy space in the Los Angeles National Forest between Kagel and Lopez Canyons in the San Gabriel Mountains. Plan includes a sketch of the park and a road map showing its location
Date:
[circa 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Landscape study for Territorial Normal School, Honolulu, 1931

Description:
From University of Hawaii College of Education web site: "In 1929, the TNS, which had outgrown its buildings on the side of Punchbowl, acquired land at the corner of University Avenue and Metcalf Street, and a building plus an annex were erected. A large campus with several buildings was planned for the site. However, in 1931, the legislature merged the TNS with the University, creating the Teachers College ... [in 1951] the Regents named the TC Building Wist Hall"
Date:
June, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Landscape study for Territorial Normal School, Honolulu, 1931

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of oval reflecting pool, Montecito, 1931

Description:
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home, was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
Date:
March 28, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of oval reflecting pool, Montecito, 1931

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of courtyard with oak tree and fountain, Montecito, 1931

Description:
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home, was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
Date:
March 28, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of courtyard with oak tree and fountain, Montecito, 1931

Ketchaoua Mosque, view of the main entrance, Algiers, 1929

Description:
Main entrance to Ketchaoua Mosque in Algiers. At the entrance, 29 steps lead up to a marble portico, with an octagonal minaret on each side (though only one is visible here). The Mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah, facing the Mediterranean Sea. Between 1845 and 1962, under French rule, the Mosque was converted into the Cathedral of St. Philippe, but was then converted back.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Ketchaoua Mosque, view of the main entrance, Algiers, 1929

Ketchaoua Mosque, view of the main entrance, Algiers, 1929

Description:
Main entrance to Ketchaoua Mosque in Algiers. At the entrance, 29 steps lead up to a marble portico, with an octagonal minaret on each side. The Mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah, facing the Mediterranean Sea. Between 1845 and 1962, under French rule, the Mosque was converted into the Cathedral of St. Philippe, but was then converted back.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Ketchaoua Mosque, view of the main entrance, Algiers, 1929

Gardens at the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading up from a small pool and statue, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

Description:
Walkway and narrow, gradual staircase leading up from a small pool in the gardens of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso. A statue in the pool at the bottom of the stairs features several women in robes perched on a rock. Trees and small plinths line the sides of the staircase. This is the view up from the palace. The palace was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. The palace is located in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid.
Date:
[May 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Gardens at the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading up from a small pool and statue, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading down toward the main palace building, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

Description:
Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid, Spain. The palace is in a baroque style. It was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. This view shows a gradually declining staircase, lined with small plinths and a lion statue. The stairs lead to a pool and a small statue of several women perched on a rock. The main palace building is beyond the pool.
Date:
[May 17, 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading down toward the main palace building, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

Gardens at the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading up from a small pool and statue, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

Description:
Narrow, gradual staircase leading up from a small pool in the gardens of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso. A statue in the pool at the bottom of the stairs features several women in robes perched on a rock. Trees and small plinths line the sides of the staircase. This is the view up from the main palace building. The palace was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. The palace is located in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Gardens at the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading up from a small pool and statue, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of two men walking down a road with a horse-drawn wagon, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of two men walking down a road with a horse-drawn wagon, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding around the base of a hill, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding around the base of a hill, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of lavender plants growing along a path, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of lavender plants growing along a path, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view of roses and flowering shrub, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view of roses and flowering shrub, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Grosvenor Park, view of trees in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church, Chester, England, 1929

Description:
Three conical trees on a lawn in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church (later rebuilt adjacently) in Grosvenor Park in Chester, England on the River Dee. The park is in Victorian style and it has a Grade II ranking in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The conical trees are probably llex aquifolium (Lilly Gold English Holly).
Date:
July 17, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Grosvenor Park, view of trees in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church, Chester, England, 1929

Grosvenor Park, view trees in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church, Chester, England, 1929

Description:
Two conical trees on a lawn in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church (later rebuilt adjacently) in Grosvenor Park in Chester, England on the River Dee. The park is in Victorian style and it has a Grade II ranking in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The conical trees are probably llex aquifolium (Lilly Gold English Holly).
Date:
July 17, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Grosvenor Park, view trees in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church, Chester, England, 1929

La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens, view of a fountain, Málaga, Spain, 1929

Description:
The gardens of La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens (La Concepción Jardín Botánico-Histórico de Málaga) were created by Amalia Heredia Livermore and her husband Marquis Jorge Loring Oyarzabal in 1850. They collected over three thousand species of plants from all around the world for the gardens.
Date:
May 29, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens, view of a fountain, Málaga, Spain, 1929

Grosvenor Park, view of Calceolaria shrub edging, Chester, England, 1929

Description:
Calceolaria shrub edging in Grosvenor Park. Calceolaria (also called Lady's Purse, Slipper flower or Pocketbook flower) is a shrub that produces yellow or orange flowers, sometimes with red or purple spots. Grosvenor Park is in Victorian style and it has a Grade II ranking in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Date:
July 17, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Grosvenor Park, view of Calceolaria shrub edging, Chester, England, 1929

Boy on a plaza at Casa del Rey Moro, view of fountain and benches, Ronda, Spain, 1929

Description:
Boy standing in a plaza with a fountain in the gardens at Casa del Rey Moro in Ronda, Spain. The gardens were designed by French landscape gardener, Jean Claude Forestier in 1912. Casa del Rey Moro was built in the 18th Century and features a Water Mine, a "secret" passage that enabled workers to bring water up to the house from the Guadelevin River below. The passage goes through many chambers, including the "Room of Secrets."
Date:
May 28, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Boy on a plaza at Casa del Rey Moro, view of fountain and benches, Ronda, Spain, 1929